Jeff Reinhardt

Jeff became interested in the trades when he met a trade school recruiter who was on the campus for career day. The recruiter came to Jeff’s electronics class and talked to him and his fellow classmates about becoming an HVAC/R service technician. Jeff thought the trade was a good combination of electrical and mechanical so after high school, he decided to enroll at the Universal Technical Institute in Phoenix, AZ. 

While attending UTI in 1995, Jeff started his sheet metal career in 1996 at Olympia Sheet Metal.  He was accepted into the Western Washington Sheet Metal JATC’s HVAC Service Technician apprenticeship the same year. Jeff completed his apprenticeship in 2000. 

Jeff started his apprenticeship at Olympia Sheet Metal and finished it at Emerald Aire. While at Emerald Aire he worked his way from apprentice to journey-level worker, foreman and then superintendent. In 2010 Jeff joined Hermanson and helped them build their mechanical service department. Jeff became an instructor at Western Washington Sheet Metal in 2016 and two years later was promoted to Executive Administrator. 

The most memorable project in Jeff’s career was the Bank of America Check Processing Center.  It included a control upgrade and retrofitting multiple floors of a critical environment from a pneumatic control system to a DDC system. Another favorite project was the Krispy Kreme on Maui because it was in Hawaii! 

In Jeff’s spare time, he enjoys participating in offroad sports with his family.